A hotelier, Oluwafemi Ajadi, has asked an Agege Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his 16-year-old marriage to his wife, Chinwe, over infidelity and alleged threat to life.
The 35-year-old woman, however, amid tears, urged the court not to grant the petitioner’s application on the grounds that she had aborted several pregnancies for him before their union was legalised.
The husband who is a native of Ibadan in Oyo State, told the court that he was no longer interested in the marriage.
The petitioner, a resident of No. 26, Bamgboye St., Mushin, Lagos, described his wife as arrogant and a trouble maker.
He told the court, “My wife is a party freak; I warned her to desist from moving around with bad friends but she did not heed my warning. She also likes frolicking with different men.
“She is not caring and lacks respect for the institution of marriage. Please, separate us, I can no longer live with her.”
The woman, a native of Imo State, told the court that her husband was a drunk and wife beater.
“My husband usually drinks to stupor and misbehaves and this usually leads to serious misunderstanding between us.
“l have aborted on several occasions for him before legalising the marriage and have wasted the better part of my life.
“In spite of my husband’s attitude toward me, l still love him and do not want the marriage dissolved.”
The petitioner urged the court not to waste its time in appealing to him, saying he was committed to the dissolution of the union.
“I wasted several millions of naira on the respondent through in-vitro fertilisation treatment, but she lost the pregnancy due to her stubbornness and nonchalant attitude,’’ he said.
The court’s President, Mrs. Ibironke Elabor, advised the estranged couple to keep the peace and adjourned the suit till December 14.
The court’s President, Mrs. Ibironke Elabor, advised the estranged couple to keep the peace and adjourned the suit till December 14.
